Container for receiving a fluid, gel-like or pasty medium

Abstract

A container for accommodating a fluid, gel-like or pasty medium in a container chamber into which it is possible to dip a brush and which has a removal opening in which there is seated a closure plug which tapers in a stub-like manner into the container chamber and has a through-passage for the introduction of a stem-mounted brush and for stripping the brush when the latter is drawn out of the container chamber, the stem being fastened, by way of an end which is located opposite the brush, on a container head which can be positioned on the removal opening in order for the brush to be stored in the container chamber, it being the case that the container chamber is filled with a breath-freshening oral-hygiene medium into which a brush in the form of an interdental brush for cleaning the spaces between the teeth is inserted in a withdrawable manner.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A toothbrush comprising a handle and a toothbrush neck fastened thereto bearing a toothbrush head, said handle forming a container comprising a container chamber for receiving a fluid, gel-like or pasty oral-hygiene medium having a container opening at an end remote from said toothbrush head, seated within said opening is a closure plug which tapers in a stub-like manner into said container chamber and has a through-passage for the introduction of a stem-mounted brush and for stripping the brush when said brush is drawn out of said container chamber, said stem-mounted brush being fastened with an end opposite the brush on a container head forming an interdental brush for cleaning and spaces between teeth, being inserted in a withdrawable manner into the container chamber and being stored in the container chamber by positioning said container head on said container opening. 
     
     
       2. The toothbrush as claimed in claim  1 , wherein said interdental brush is of cylindrical form. 
     
     
       3. The toothbrush as claimed in claim  1 , wherein said oral-hygiene medium is an antibacterial oral gel.